Eddy-induced instability for low-frequency variability

Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences

Volumn 67, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 1947-1964

  Jin, F F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

Author keywords

Dynamics; Extratropics; Instability; Model evaluation performance; Numerical analysis modeling; Synoptic scale processes

Indexed keywords

ANALYTICAL RESULTS; BAROTROPIC MODELS; BASIC FLOW; DYNAMIC INSTABILITY; EDDY STRUCTURES; EDDY-MEAN FLOW INTERACTION; ENERGY SOURCE; EXTRATROPICAL; EXTRATROPICS; FLOWTHROUGH; FUNDAMENTAL COMPONENT; INSTABILITY; INSTABILITY MODEL; LINEAR MODEL; LOW FREQUENCY; LOW FREQUENCY VARIABILITY; MEAN FLOW; SYNOPTIC-EDDY ACTIVITY; UNDERLYING DYNAMICS;

COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; DYNAMICS; STOCHASTIC MODELS; VORTICITY;

STABILITY;

BAROTROPIC INSTABILITY; EDDY; EXTRATROPICAL ENVIRONMENT; NUMERICAL MODEL; SYNOPTIC METEOROLOGY; VORTICITY;

EID: 77955528262     PISSN: 00224928     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/2009JAS3185.1     Document Type: Article

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